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J. -H. VINEB'ERG FOLDER Filed Aug. 26, 1939l 2 shets-sheet 1 .Mm-21mm Dec. 14, 1943. l J. H. vlNEBr-:RG 2,336,820

FOLDER l Filed Aug. 26, 19:59A 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Dec. i4, 1943 einen UNHTED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDER Joseph Hirsch Vineberg, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Application August 26, 1939, Serial No. 292,135

(Cl. 20G- 7) 4 Claims.

This invention relates to folders, and particularly folders designed for carrying merchandise. Hitherto merchandise folders have been known which are of the type consisting of two sections of material joined together and designed to be folded one upon the other to enclose material to be packaged, the folders being provided with fastening means and with carrying means. In some of these prior devices the construction has been somewhat complicated and the fastening or locking means has, in particular been cumbersome and impractical.

In my co-pending United States application Serial No. 22,850 led September 7, 1938, I `have disclosed a folder which obviates these diiiiculties and provides a structure that embodies simple closing and securing means and a hanger construction for clothing or the like which may be placed in the folder. 'Ihis construction is extremely simple to manipulate both in packaging and in opening or closing the folder, the construction being such that the folder may be hung from its handle, and upon opening the folder the goods carried on the hanger are suspended in a natural manner, the shoulders of garments carried by the folder being protected from dust by the suspended portions of the folder.

While this construction is particularly advantageous it is not adaptable to the carrying of heavy material such as suits, when the folder is suspended from its upper edge, which might force the folder open, due to the fact that the folder is closed from the bottom. According to the present invention, therefore, I provide folder construction which is particularly adaptable for the carrying oi' heavier material which embodies all the advantages of my prior application, providing a particularly simple and elcient closing and securing means and permitting suspension of garments, suits and the like in a similar manner, the shoulders of these garments being protected from dust by means of the locking flap of the folder.

The present invention embodies, generally, a folder, including a pair of hingedly connected sections designed to fold, one upon the other, to enclose material therebetween the sections having opposed aps hingedly connected to their sides designed to fold over a part of the surface of each section, the flaps of each section overlying and abutting those of the other section when the sections are folded, one upon the other and a securing tongue or flap hingedly connected to an outer edge of one of such sections and inserted between the opposite section and its flaps to close and secure the folder.

The folder is designed to be closed along its upper edge and to employ a pair of handles, one positioned on the upper edge of each section whereby it is adaptable to support relatively heavy material as well as light material when it is carried Without danger of the folder opening and the arrangement of the carrying means and the disposition and character of the closing and securing means is such as to co-operate in keeping the folder closed when carried as well as to provide for ready manipulation in either the closing or opening of the folder.

The invention will be fully appreciated by reference to the following detailed specification read in conjunction with the 'accompanying drawings. In the drawings,

Fig, l is a perspective view of a closed folder according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the folder shown completely open.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same folder with the side naps folded in, preliminary to closing the folder.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken approximately on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the manner in which the handle may be formed and its disposition with respect to the upper edge of one of the sections, which is shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a closed folder of an alternative construction to that shown in Fig, 1.

Fig. '7 is a plan view of the folder shown in Fig. 6 shown completely open with the exception of one pair of side flaps.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the folder in which portions thereof have been folded, preliminary to the complete folding of the folder, and

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section taken approximately on the line 8 8 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, particularly to Figs. l to 4, a single piece blank is illustrated in Fig. 2, which is made up of two substantially similar rectangular areas, A and B, hingedly connected with one another such as by a common line I. Side flaps 2 and 3 are disposed on each side of section A, co-extensive therewith and hinged on the fold lines, 4 and 5, respectively. These side flaps may preferably be formed with fold lines 6 and 1, intermediate their side edges to. permit automatic adjustment of the folder according to the bulk of the merchandise carried. Section B has co-extensive side iiaps 8 and 9, hinged along the fold lines IG and II. Thus the side flaps 2 and 3, 8 and 9 may be folded in to overlie a portion of the sections A and B respectively, as shown in Fig, 3. Along the free edge of section A a closing and securing tongue or flap I2 is disposed, hinged to the section along the fold line I3. The extremity of the iiap I2 is in the form of a tongue I 4, which is hinged by the fold line I5, thus this locking flap may be folded inwardly along the line I5. The fold line I3 is formed with a slit I6, to permit a handle I' to be projected therethrough, the handle being formed with a finger slot I8. This handle preferably includes a hanger I9 which is co-extensive therewith, and the handle and/or hanger may be fastened to section A in a suitable manner. Preferably, however, I form the Yhandle with lateral projections and a lower depending portion of the handle with lugs 23a or the like sorthat there is a narrow portion Zlib in the handle structure which is of such a width that it may pass through the slit I E in the top'of the folder. Thus, by slightly bending the projections 29 the handle may be passed through the slit I6 and the shoulders formed by the projections 2B and the lugs 23a hold the handle rmly on the folder. The handle structure may be formed this way whether or not a hanger forms part of the handle structure as shown in Figures2 and 5.

On the free edge of section B an integral handle 2| is formed, which projects beyond the edge and is provided with a finger slot 22. This handle is so disposed that when the sections A andB are folded= one upon the other, it registers with handle Il.

It will beY appreciated that the construction is of the simplest possible nature, being blanked from a single piece of material entirely, except for the addition of the handle I! and/or hanger I9. Similarly, it is very simple to manipulate and use. In the case of the showing in Fig. 1 where it is desired, for instance, to. package a dress, the top portion of the dress is slipped over the hanger I9 and the dress is folded upon the sections A and B, whereupon the side naps 2 and 3, 8 and 9 are turned in as shownin Fig. 3, at which point the sections are folded, one upon the other, thus completely enclosing the dress. At this point it is only necessary to take the securing tongue or flap I2 Yand insert it between section B and its folded side flaps 8 and 9 as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4, which closes and retains the package in closed position, enveloping the material therewithin on all sides. Whenfolded, the dual handles I'I and 2i are disposed side by side,kas shown in Fig. 1, and by reason of the fact that they are disposed,one on each section, the handles supplement the closing and'securing tongue or flap I2 when the'holder is carried, thus heavy material may be carried without any possible danger of the folder opening by error.

If it is desired to hang the dress contained in the package it is only necessary to hook the handle I7 over a suitable hanging pegor the like and upon releasing the securing tongue I2 in a very simple operation, the section B will fallV downwardly, thus opening the folder in a substantially similar manner to the View shown in Fig. 3, and the falling of the section B will cause the dress to assume a natural suspension from the hanger I9, while the locking flap Illrvwill lie like an apron over the shoulders ofthe dress, thug,l forming a dust protector for the shoulders of the garment. Incon'sequence, the folder provides for the packaging of material and particularly dresses, suits and the like, in such manner as to avoid creasing of the material, and will permit ready hanging thereof in a very simple manner.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 6 to 9, a similar result is obtained although the construction is slightly different. Referring particularly to Figs. 7 and 8 in the first instance, C and D represent the two sections hingedly connected together by way of a common fold line or a plurality of fold lines such as 23 and 24. Each section has co-eXtensive side flaps 25 and 26, and 21 and 28, respectively, which may include an intermediate fold line in each case as shown. In this case, however, section C has an extension 29 which includes side flaps 30 and 3l, which may be folded thereover as shown in Fig. 7, while section D has an extension in the form of a securing tongue 32, which is hinged along the fold line 33. The fold line 34, between the extension 28 and section C is slit to permit a handle 35 to projecttherethrough, the slit preferably being in the form of a general recessing of section C and its extension 29 so as to register with the finger slot 33 of handle 35 to permit it to be set lower in the folder. The handle 35 may be secured in any suitable manner. However, a'second preferred method of `attachment is illustrated in Fig. '7 wherein the handle whether formed with the hanger l3l' or without it, may be provided with laterally projecting lugs 36a each designed to pass through dual slots 36h formed in the wall of section C adjacent its upper edge, thus the handle and/or hanger may be detachably yet firmly secured.Y

The securing tongue 32 `is preferably formed with an integral handle 38 projecting from its free edge in a position so that it will register with the handle 35 when the folder is closed.

The folder may be manipulated in a simple manner -by merely turning in the side flaps 25 and 26, 21 and 28, to overlie each section as shown in Fig. 8, and the extension 29 of section C is folded in to overlie section C and its inturned side flaps, whereupon the section D is folded to overlie section A, and the securing tongue 32 is inserted between the extension 29 and its inturned side'flaps 30 and 3l. In this connection it will be noted that the side flaps 30 and 3l are slightly longer than the extension 29 so as to provide projecting guiding lips 39 more readily to permit the insertion of the locking flap 32 into the receiving socket formed between the side flaps 30 and 3| and the extension 29. The handle 38 passes through the slit from which the handle 35 already projects, consequently, as shown in Fig 6, the handle 38 is disposed to lie in abutting relation to the handle 35, and the securing tongue 32 together with a part of section D, in pressing againstthe side flaps 38 and 3| of Vextension 29'when thefolder is carried by the handles, holds the extension in firm position so that the folder is completely enclosed and secured, and the double handle effect thus supplements the locking means and will permit the carrying of heavy material'with'out danger of the folder openinginerror. 1'

Itwill be seen, therefore', thatY this type of folder operates in a similar manner to the first form described. y `If it is desired to hang up the folder the handle 35 may be passed overahanging peg 4Gr, the like, and upon releasing the securing tongue ,32, the section D. 'of the folder will automatically fall down, carrying with 'it material'whicli may be suspended on the hanger 31, thus immediately placing the material in a normal suspen-ded position. In this case the extension 23 overlies the material on the hanger 3l and forms a dust pro tector therefor.

It will be appreciated, not only that the construction will permit the carrying of heavy material as Well as light material, but also that the folder is so designed and constructed that it does not require extraneous and complicated fastening means, since by the provision of a securing tongue in either of the forms shown, it may be very readily projected into the receiving socket, which is formed either by the side flaps of one section and the section itself, or the side aps of the extension and the extension, or, in other words, the section itself. It will further be appreciated that the closing and securing means must remain closed when the folder is carried since the arrangement of the handles and character of the securing means assures this cog operative result.

The folder is principally designed to carry mer. chandise taking the place of ordinary packaging boxes, and in this field it is designed preferably,

to be made 0f cardboard, the relative stiffness of the board resulting in a rrnly secured package when the folder is closed after receiving material i therewithin. It will be appreciated, however, that, Where a more expensive type of folder is desired, it can be made of more expensive materials of a kind which will assure similar results.

I claim:

1. A folder comprising a pair of sections hingedly connected together and adapted to be folded one upon the other to enclose material therebetween, each of said sections having side flaps designed to fold over a portion of its surface, a handle secured to each section adjacent to its outer edge and a securing tongue substantially wider than the gap between said side flaps When folded over formed along the outer edge of one section and insertable between the opposite section and its flaps to close the folder, said handles being disposed adjacent to one another when the folder is closed and positively maintaining said securing tongue in closed posi tion when said folder is carried.

2. A folder comprising a pair of sections hingedly connected together and adapted to fold one upon the other to enclose material therebetween, each of said sections having side flaps designed to fold over a portion of its surface, a handle secured to each section adjacent to its outer edge, and a securing tongue in the form of a hinged flap of substantially the same Width as said sections connected along the outer edge of one section and insertable between the opposite section and its flaps normally to retain the folder closed, said handles being disposed adjacent to one another when the folder is closed and positively maintaining said securing tongue in closed position when said folder is carried.

3. A folder for merchandise and the like, comprising a pair of hingedly connected sections designed to fold one upon the other to enclose material therebetween, opposed flaps hingedly connected to the sides of each section adapted to fold over a part of the surface of each section, the aps of each section overlying and abutting those of the other section when said sections are folded one upon the other, and a securing flap substantially wider than the parts of said sections on which said flaps are not folded over, said securing flaps being hingedly connected to an outer edge of one of said sections and insertable between the opposite section and its flaps to close and lock` the folder.

4. A folder according to claim 3, comprising means projecting from an edge of the folder opposite to that carrying the securing flap for suspending the folder.

JOSEPH I-IIRSCH VINEBERG. 

